Focus Timer vs What The Banana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Timer
Enhance productivity and well-being with focused work sessions and guided meditations. Customize your workflow with adjustable focus and break periods, and track your progress to optimize your daily routine.
- Customizable Pomodoro sessions
- Guided pre-work meditations
- Timely notifications and reminders
- Progress tracking for habits
- Personalized focus and break periods
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Focus deeply, rest fully. Focus Timer is a calm Pomodoro timer with guided meditations, tasks, and ambient sounds – built to beat procrastination and make deep work feel sustainable. Most productivity apps just push you harder. Focus Timer works with your brain instead: focused sprints, real breaks, and short meditations to recharge in between – so you stay concentrated all day without burning out. POMODORO FOCUS TIMER - Classic Pomodoro cycles with fully customizable focus and break intervals - Ambient sounds that help you concentrate - Gentle notifications keep the cycle going – no babysitting the timer A MEDITATION FOR EVERY MOOD - Calm pre-work meditations, midday energy boosts, and after-work wind-downs - Library includes Focus & Clarity, Deep Relaxation, Energy Activation, Gratitude Practice, Grounding, and more ONE TASK AT A TIME - Plan your day as a simple task list and attach focus sessions to each task - Weekly statistics for focus flows and meditations - Mindfulness minutes sync automatically to Apple Health ADHD-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN A visual timer, one-task focus, and built-in recovery breaks give your day external structure – a rhythm many people with ADHD find easier to stick with than willpower alone. Whether you're studying for exams, doing deep work from home, or just trying to stop procrastinating, Focus Timer helps you build a daily focus habit. Focus Timer Premium unlocks the full meditation library. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://telegra.ph/Privacy-Policy-07-24-38
What The Banana
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This is an app where we can freely create whatever we want. You can choose from various features like pixel art drawing, Roulette, Ghost Leg, counters, and more from the home screen! In the future, we may add more features based on your suggestions, so feel free to share your ideas with us anytime! As for why the banana? Well, just because!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: What The Banana at none against Focus Timer's 3. Focus Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. What The Banana asks for nothing beyond the download.
Focus Timer ships an update every 9 days, What The Banana every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Timer | What The Banana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mykola Mylashko | Kangmin Jin |
In-app purchases
Focus Timer
- Premium (1 Month)$2.991 Month
- Premium (1 Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$24.99
What The Banana
No in-app purchases









